UNIGARD INS. CO. v. NORTH AMERICA INS. CO.

No. 93-1644.

184 Wis.2d 78 (1994)

516 N.W.2d 762

UNIGARD INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA, as insurer for Keystone Heating & Air Conditioning Company, Lowell J. Katt, d/b/a Keystone Heating & Air Conditioning Company, Master Plumbers Limited Mutual Liability Insurance Company, as insurer for Success Plumbing Company, Kenneth G. Heyman, d/b/a Success Plumbing Company, Northern Assurance Company of America, as insurer for Electrical Services Company, and Norm Winther, d/b/a Electrical Services Company, Defendants-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided April 12, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-appellant the cause was submitted on the briefs of Schellinger & Doyle, S.C. by Timothy J. Strattner and Linda Vogt Meagher, of Brookfield.

For the defendants-respondents Insurance Company of North America as insurer for Keystone Heating and Air Conditioning Company, and Lowell J. Katt d/b/a Keystone Heating and Air Conditioning Company the cause was submitted on the briefs of Bascom Law Offices by Richard E. Ceman, Jr., of Milwaukee.

For the defendants-respondents Northern Assurance Company of America, Electrical Services Company, Norm Winther d/b/a Electrical Services Company, Success Plumbing Company, and Kenneth G. Heymen d/b/a Success Plumbing Company the cause was submitted on the briefs of Piette & Jacobson by James J. Jacobson and Michael T. Steber, of Milwaukee, and Hinshaw & Culbertson by Thomas R. Schrimpf and Jeffrey R. Munson, of Milwaukee.

Before Wedemeyer, P.J., Sullivan and Fine, JJ.


WEDEMEYER, P.J.

Unigard Insurance Company (Unigard) appeals from judgments dismissing its contribution and indemnification actions against Keystone Heating and Air Conditioning (Keystone), Success Plumbing Company (Success) and Electrical Services Company (Services) — collectively referred to as the "Installers."

Unigard claims trial court error in barring it from pursuing a nonparty, nonsettling tort-feasor for contribution or indemnification. Because...

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